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Show"N"Tell ( Your Machines) / Re: The Laser Project.
« on: July 19, 2010, 06:26:44 AM »
This little bike is very different from the others – It is edible, which means that I get to eat anything I make (after it has been photographed). 
Inspired by the Candy Fab project http://candyfab.org/ this 15mm long bike has not been cut-out, it has been laser printed using sugar.
OK this is just my first attempt and it is perhaps not that brilliant, but it is early days yet and many obstacles have still to be overcome - not least, getting sufficient air pressure to keep the vaporized material off my focus lens without blowing everything else away. There are, of course, many other fusible materials with a much smaller grain structure than cane sugar which may well produce much better results so there is a lot of room for experimentation here. (I have just discovered how fine the particles of laser toner are, having just blown a teaspoon full all over my machine table).
If I can get a grip on this and overcome the obstacles then 3D printing here we come (perhaps).
Tweakie.
Inspired by the Candy Fab project http://candyfab.org/ this 15mm long bike has not been cut-out, it has been laser printed using sugar.
OK this is just my first attempt and it is perhaps not that brilliant, but it is early days yet and many obstacles have still to be overcome - not least, getting sufficient air pressure to keep the vaporized material off my focus lens without blowing everything else away. There are, of course, many other fusible materials with a much smaller grain structure than cane sugar which may well produce much better results so there is a lot of room for experimentation here. (I have just discovered how fine the particles of laser toner are, having just blown a teaspoon full all over my machine table).
If I can get a grip on this and overcome the obstacles then 3D printing here we come (perhaps).
Tweakie.